HP DC SAN Backbone Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-2158, August 2012)

Table 8 Director blade LED descriptions (continued)
Recommended actionStatusColorLED purpose
Ensure blade is firmly seated
and verify status with the
Blade is faulty.Steady amber
slotShow command. If LED
remains amber, contact HP.
Remove blade and reseat it. If
LED continues to flash, replace
blade.
Blade is not seated correctly or
is faulty.
Slow-flashing amber (on 2
seconds, then off 2 seconds)
Find out-of-bounds environmental
condition and correct it.
Environmental range exceeded.Fast-flashing amber (on 1/2
second, then off 1/2 second)
Verify that the power LED is on,
verify the transceiver and cable.
Port has no incoming power, or
no light or signal carrier is
detected.
No light (LED is off)FC Port Status
Allow 60 seconds for polling to
complete.
Polling is in progress.
Verify the status of the
connected device.
Connected device is configured
in an offline state.
No action requiredPort is online (connected to an
external device) but has no
traffic.
Steady green
Verify that the correct device is
attached to the DC SAN
Director.
Port is online but segmented,
indicating a loopback plug or
cable or an incompatible switch.
Slow-flashing green (on 1
second, then off 1 second)
No action requiredPort is in internal loopback
(diagnostic).
Fast-flashing green (on 1/4
second, then off 1/4 second)
No action requiredPort is online, with traffic flowing
through port.
Flickering green
Reset port from workstation
using the portEnable or
Port is receiving light or signal
carrier, but it is not online yet.
Steady amber
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Reset port from workstation
using the portEnable or
Port is disabled due to
diagnostic tests or
portDisable or
Slow-flashing amber (on 2
seconds, then off 2 seconds)
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Change transceiver or reset
switch from workstation.
Transceiver or port is faulty.Fast-flashing amber (on 1/2
second, then off 1/2 second)
Reset port from workstation
using the portEnable or
Port is bypassed.Alternating green/amber
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Verify that the power LED is on;
verify the transceiver and cable.
Port has no incoming power, or
no light or signal carrier is
detected.
No light (LED is off)1-GbE and
10-GbE Port
Status (FX8-24)
No action requiredPort is online but has no traffic.Steady green
No action requiredBeacon, used to identify specific
ports.
Slow-flashing green (on 1
second, then off 1 second)
No action requiredPort is online, with traffic flowing
through it.
Flickering green
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